The economy must serve people, not the other way around. All workers have a right to productive work, to decent and fair wages, and to safe working conditions. They also have a fundamental right to organize and join unions. People have a right to economic initiative and private property, but these rights have limits. No one is allowed to amass excessive wealth when others lack the basic necessities of life.
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America by 
Fighting for a Living Wage by 
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by 
Workers' Rights as Human Rights by Employee Rights
Labor Laws and Legislation
Living Wage Movement--United States
Minimum Wage
Unskilled Labor
Wages--United States
Working Class--United States
Working Poor
David L. Gregory, Catholic Social Teaching on Work, 49 Labor Law Journal 912 (1998).
Ken Matheny, Catholic Social Teaching on Labor and Capital: Some Implications for Labor Law, 24 St. John's Journal of Legal Commentary 1 (2009).
Philip J. Murren, Employment Issues, 34 Catholic Lawyer 331 (1991).
